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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR GARNER URGES DRASTIC INCOME TAX HIKE Chamberlain Asserts Britain Will Submit To No Dictation Prime Minister Says Japs Cannot Decide British Foreign Pol icy; Tension Increases at Tientsin; Tempor ary Martial Law Is Ordered Cardiff, Wales, June 24.—(AP) — Prime Minister Chamberlain char acterized today Japanese actions in Tientsin as “high-handed and in tolerably insulting” in a speech ad vising Tokyo “no British government could submit to dictation from an other power as to its foreign policy.” The prime minister made a brief reference to the international situa tion in an address at an open air conservative party rally in Cardiff, which attracted thousands of his po litical supporters. Chamberlain again expressed hope for a local adjustment of the trouble in Tientsin, where the Japanese were blockading the British and French concessions. “A local dispute between oursel ves and the Japanese over the al leged complicity of certain Chinese in a murder,” he said, “has been fol lowed by a blockade of the British and French concessions in Tientsin, and by high-handed and intolerably insulting treatment of British sub jects by Japanese soldiers. “The matter is further complicat ed by public statements on the part of local Japanese officials making the incident a pretext for far-reach ing and quite inadmissible claims for an alteration of the policy which we and other governments hitherto fol lowed in these regions. “II ought to be possible to settle it (the incident) by negotiations. But I am bound to add that no Bri tish government could submit to dictation from another power as to its foreign policy, and I trust, there fore, that we arc right in supposing no such intention is in the mind of the Japanese government.” TENSION IS INCREASING IN TIENTSIN STRIFE ZONE Tientsin, China, June 24.—(AP) — Tension between the Japanese and British communities in Tientsin mounted today with a general tight ening of the restrictions by which the Japanese have isolated the Brit ish and French concessions. Japanese officers declared “temporary mar tial law” in the Japanese concession (Continued on Page Five) Vanguard Os Legion Now At Raleigh Raleigh, June 24.—(AP) —The vanguard of an expected 5,000 per sons began arriving here today for the 21st annual convention of the North Carolina Department o* American Legion. The convention program will get under way tomor row with meetings of Legion and Auxiliary executive committees, en tertainment and a memorial service, at which Dr. Ben Lacy, of Richmond, Va., will speak. The 40 and 8 will conduct a pa rade late this afternoon. The so ciety will elect officers tomorrow. UCC Office To Install Large Fans Raleigh, June 24.—(AP)—The So cial Security Board has turned down two proposed methods of lowering the temperature in the Unemployed Compensation Commission offices here, but another plan has been sub mitted to the board, Governor Hoey said today. The new proposal would provide installation of eight suction fans at a cost of about sl,- 808, Hoey said. The Social Secur ity Board will meet Tuesday to con sider this plan, he added. Engineers who worked out the pro posal, Hoey said, told officials that the fans would improve the efficien cy of the employees in a month suf ficiently to pay for the cost of the units and the installation. The governor said the eight fans would be installed on the third floor and would not constitute permanent improvement to the building, as they could be moved to the new Quarters now under construction here. Numerous heat prostrations have occurred in the over-crowded State heaciu uarters here. lirntirramt Datitt iHsmttrlr u'SISS „ SER VICE OP lllli. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Grant and Lee at Dartmouth jam Two of the 492 graduating students at Dartmouth College were Charles Grant (left) and Bill Lee, descendants of the Northern and Southern army leaders respectively in the Civil War. The boys were roommates through their four years at the Hanover, N. H., school and claim they never had an argument. Both are from Washington, D. C. (Central Press) Powell Is Goat When He Could Have Been A Hero Daily Dispatch liureau, In the Sir Waiter Hotel. Raleigh, June 24.—Charles G. Powell, chai* ni:u of the No: th Caro lina Unemployment Compensation Commission, is again the “goat” in another sensational incident. This time he is having more heat turned on him than was turned on the score ol gills in his department who have famted during the cur rent hot spell. Raleigh’s morning newspaper, which delights in “getting on” some body and staying there, is calling for Mr. Powell’s resignation and gen orally raising all the row it can over the situation. Yet if the thing is given calm, clear consideration, it is d fficult to pin any real fault on Mr. Powell’s coat tail; though it is abundantly clear that he, as well as his com mission partner, Mrs. J. B. Spillman, has missed a golden opportunity to become Public Hero No. 1 instead of Vanderbilt Kidnap Note Discounted Newland, June 24.— (AP) —Sher- iff W. H. Hughes said today he be lieved a “kidnap” note reported thrown from a passing car at Elk Park was a prank He said G. B. Hendry, a filling station operator, reported yesterday this missive was tossed from a vehicle near his sta tion:: “Have been kidnaped by John Barrow gang and believe we are heading toward Knoxville. Please notify police.” The note was signed “Gloria Van derbilt,” the sheriff was told. “I don’t see how she could have written that note if she had really been kidnaped,” Hughes said. He ad ded that he had ordered neighbor ing officers notified. Hughes view was supported in New York by Thomas Gilchrist, cus todian of the heiress, who said she was in Los Angeles, and character ized the note as “stupid.” GUARD ON HIGHWAY OUT OF KNOXVILLE WITHDRAWN Knoxville, Tenn., June 24.—(AP) —Authorities withdrew late last night from the Johnson City high way a force which had been sent out to intercept an automobile following report of a kidnap note signed, “Gloria Vanderbilt,” thrown from a car at Elk Park, N. C. ROOSEVELTS RETURN TO HYDE PARK HOME Highland, N. Y., June 24. (AP) —President Roosevelt ar rived here at 7:58 a. m. today after an overnight train trip from Washington. He stepped into a White House car and drove at once to his family home at nearby Hyde Park, across the Hudson river. . ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. the villain of the piece. What has followed is that the ing this hot weather there have been approximately 20 heat pros prations among the female hired help who toil in the superheated quarters occupied by the U. C. C. over a garage on Fayetteville street. Three things have caused this, heat, humidity and hysteria and the third cause has undoubtedly been as potent as either of the others; perhaps as both of them combined. What has followed si that the News and Observer has made a tre mendous sensation out of the mat ter, with pictures, front page sto ries and editorial outbursts of wrath and indignation, laying most of the blame squarely upon Mr. Powell. A careful analysis of undisputed facts shows that the U. C. C. chair man hasn’t sprouted cither hoofs or (Continued on Page Five) HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 24, 1939 Prohibition Shows Signs Os Reviving By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, June 24.—Prohibition seems to be perking up again. The other day the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church unanimously adopt ed a report by its co mmi 11 e e on Christian Citizen ship outlawing all alcoholic be v er ages and forms of gambling. To be sure, this was a rater local mani festation, but there have been other symptoms of a si- y , i milar nature here Senator hazier anc j there through out the country. Not only do Drys call attention to them, the editorial management of the Distilled Spirits Institute’s organ also has called at tention to them—warningly, of course, as is natural from that quar ter. The Baltimore M. E. Conference’s report expresses itself thus: “We are profoundly stirred over the awful conditions brought about by the organied liquor traffic in the bounds of the conference and the na tion. We believe it well that the peo ple be informed of these evils and that an appeal should be made to churches, church schools and young people’s organizations for total ab stinence from all alcoholic bever ages.” Whatever may be one’s opinion of legislated prohibition probably no body will question the Drys’ right to urge voluntary total abstinence. Howevre, there are signs of a re- However, there are signs of a re vUux* ued on Page Five). Senate Will Vote Monday Upon Silver Price for Domestic Metal Would Be Near ly Double Under Ad ministration Bill; Quo rum Lacking at Outset of Saturday Session Washington, June 24.—(AP) — Western senators agreed today to end their lengthy speech-making on the administration monetary bill by voting Monday on a silver price fixing amendment. Majority Leader Barkley, Demo crat, Kentucky, obtained the agree ment for a vote on the amendment, sponsored by Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, after the Sen ate had to send its sergeant-at-arms out to round up enough members to conduct business at the unusual Sat urday session. The amendment would require the secretary of the treasury to pay $1.27 an ounce for domestic silver, com pared with the present price of 64.64 cents under the silver purchase program, continuation of which be yond the June 30 expiration date is provided in the monetary bill. The agreement to vote was ob tained after Majority Leader Bark ley reprimanded the Senate for the half-hour delay in obtaining a quo rum of 49 members. The fight over monetary legisla tion, which extends for two years the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund and presidential powers for further gold devaluation, has threatened to hold up other important legislation that the administration wants passed before July 1, including the $1,700,- 000,000 relief bill. Little Solace On Relief From Heat Held Out as Yet (By The Associated Press.) The weather man offered little solace to sweltering Carolinians today. With Old Sol continuing to bear down, the forecast read: “No decided change in tempera ture, and fair to partly cloudy tomorrow.” The heat moderated yesterday, however, after the mercury had been in the upper 90’s all week. Reports showed temperatures generally were two to three de grees cooler yesterday. Columbia, with a 98-degree reading, led both states. Ashe ville reported the lowest of cities listed by the Weather Bureau, at 92. Only Caller Upon FDR at Hyde Park Is Church Bishop Hyde Park, N. ~ June 24. —(AP) — President Roosevelt returned today to his family home on a hilltop high above the Hudson river for five days of work and recreation. Only one caller dropped in today, the Rt. Rev. G. A. Oldham, the Episcopal bishop of Albany, and a personal friend of long-standing. The bishop motored down from Albany and talked with Mr. Roosevelt while the President was waiting to attend a reception following the wedding of his second cousin, Margaret Delano to Drexel Paul. Cotton Price Shade Lower New York, June 24.—(AP)—Cot ton futures opened unchanged to five points lower under hedge selling and Bombay liquidation in near months. During the second hour, futures were one to four off in an active market. Futures closed three points lower to one higher. Spot nominal; mid dling, 9.91. Open Close July 9.46 9.46 October 8.75 8.78 December 8.50 8.55 January 8.42 8.45 March 8.36 8.36 May 8.29 8.29 (jJoaihsih. FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy, not much change in temperature. WEEKLY WEATHER South Atlantic States: Gener ally fair and warm except for occasional scattered afternoon th undershu vv ers. New Sub For U. S. Uncle Sam’s newest undersea fighter, Sea Raven, is shown on the ways at Portsmouth, N. H., Navy Yard, before being christened by Mrs. Cyrus W. Cole, wife of the commander of the base. Although the Sea Raven is not a sister-ship of the ill-fated Squalus, it is of the same general dimen sions, 299 feet long and about 1,500 tons. v i r*\* t\ nr 2 * lankee Clipper Un inp On Great Circle Monte Ordered U. S. Out Jpgl-:;; : , \ Admiral Koshiro Oikawa (above), commander of Japan’s Third Fleet in Chinese waters, issued the orders transmitted to Admiral Harry E.j Yarnell, of the United States Asi atic Fleet, that all Americans and United States ships must leave Swatow Harbor at once. Yarnell; flatly rejected the demand, and told.. Oikawa that American lives and property would be protected byj United States arms. (Central Press) ] Jap-Mongol Air Battles Continuing Tokyo, June 24. —(AP) —A new air battle between Japanese and Mon golians in a continuation of fighting along the border between Manchou kuo and Soviet Russian-dominated Outer Mongolia was reported today by the Japanese. An unspecified number of Japa nese planes were said to have down ed 12 Mongolian craft, bring to 61 the number the Japanese declared they had shot down since Thursday. The war office said a new Mon golian attack was expected. Ground forces were held in readiness for any eventuality. Domei, Japanese news agency, told of the new air battle. Its report said the Japanese planes had repulsed an attack by 60 Mongolian craft in a “fierce mid-air encounter” over a river near a point north of Lake Bor. Tne war office spokesman said an other attack could be expected be cause “the Mongols, now a disspirit cd enemy, must demonstrate renew ed strength in order to regain their confidence.” In Moscow diplomatic quarters re ceived reports of severe fighting on the Manchoukuo-Outer Mongolian frontier. One version there was that troop concentrations on both sides of the border have been increasing Since the recent heavy clashes. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Northern Ship Lane to Europe Being Tra versed for Possible Switch from South ern Route by Azores and Portugal-France Eastport, Maine, June 24. (Al*) —Residents of nearby Itob binson reported a plane believed to be the Yankee Clipper, cn route to Europe on the north ern circle route, passed over that town at 11:35 a. m. today. The plane was flying at a low altitude in a general northeast erly direction. New York, June 24.—(AP) —The Yankee Clipper thundered away from Pan-American Airways Long Island base today on the first “pre view” flight along the northern great circle route to Europe. Thirty-three persons, including 21 government and air line officials, were aboard. The big four-motored seaplane took off from Port Wash ington at 8:27 a. m., and headed up the New_England coast. Captain Harold Gray, commander, planned brief stops at Shediac, N. 8., and Bottwood, Newfoundland, before setting his course for Foynes, Ire land. He was due at Southhampton tomorrow afternoon. The 40-ton ship was scheduled to follow the North Atlantic trail blazed twelve years ago by Charles A Lindbergh on his solo flight to Paris. The Yankee Clipper’s flight came one week from the start of the first preview flight by the Atlantic Clipper, which followed the southern route. Newspaper people and radio observers were carried on that trip. Regular trans-Atlantic passenger service is to begin next Wednesday. As the plane left the waters of Long Island Sound, almost an hour behind the schedule because of ceremonies incident to her departure, her sister ship, the Atlantic Clipper, was enroute home from Lisbon, Portugal, by the southern route. Borah Fights Huge Loan To So. Americans Washington, June 24.—(AP)—Sen ator Borah, Republican, Idaho, con tended today that the United States should demand that South American nations meet present obligations out standing in this country before ex tending any new credits. Addressing the Senate in opposi tion to a provision of President Roose velt’s new lending program, calling for $500,000,000 in loans to foreign countries, Borah said, “This may be turning over vast sums of tax-pay ers money for South American poli ticians to play with. That's what ha£ L been happening in the past.” 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Wants More People To Feel Burden Vice-President Leads Fight for Cut in Ex emptions at Next Con gress ; Admiral Yar nell, Asiatic Fleet Chief, Coming Home Washington, June 24.—(AP) — Vice-President Garner is suggesting that Congress make drastic reduc tions in income tax exemptions at the next session, it was reliably re ported today. Garner contends, it was said, that the present $2,500 exemption for married couples should be slashed to $1,200 and that the SI,OOO exemption for single per sons should be reduced to SSOO. In most cases, this would increase the existing tax on married couples with Incomes above $2,500 by $52 a year, and the tax on single Indi viduals with incomes above SI,OOO by S2O a year. The proposal would bring more than 2,000,000 “little fel lows” under the federal income tax structure. Informed persons said the vice president thinks a broadening of the income tax base would have two distinct benefits, that it would help narrow the federal operating defi cit and would make a new group of citizens conscious of the effects of deficit spending. This consciousness, Garner was said to believe, ultimately would re sult in pressure on Congress to re duce spending and balance the bud get. Yarnell Returning Meanwhile, a slight feeling of re lief tinges the real regret of the State Department over the return next month of Admiral Harry Yay ness from the troubled Far East. The Asiatic fleet commander has been saying “No” to the Japanese in China so firmly for nearly three years that the diplomats at times have winced. Secretary Hull backed him up quickly last Thursday when he re jected a Japanese warning to eva cuate “third power” vessels from the harbor at Swatow, and instead sent more American warships to the scene. More River Dredging Also, Major General Julian Schley (Continued on Page Five) Missouri Governor Likely to Run for Senate Next Year Jefferson City, Mo., June 24. (AP) —Governor Lloyd Stark, who gained the national spotlight with his successful Democratic intra-p**- ty war on Kansas City’s now impris oned “Boss” Tom Pendergast, said today he would feel it was “my duty” to run for the United States Senate, “if the people of this State want me.” Stark long has been discussed as a potential senatorial candidate. Should he run in 1940, he would be pitted in the primaries against Sen ator Harry Truman, elected in 1934 with Pendergast backing. Truman has announced he will seek re-elec tion. Revolt Fear In Townsend Pension Rank Indianapolis, Ind., June 24. —(AP) The Townsend old age convention was thrown into an uproar here to day by mention of a threatened re volt against the leadership of Dr. Francis E. Townsend. Waving flags, programs and hats, every one of the delegates in the packed 10,000-seat hall, stood to cheer their 72-year-old leader and shout, “We’re with you,” and “Down with Smith; he’s not one of us.” The reference was to Harvey J. Smith, of Covington, Ky., who has said he will lead a revolt against the organization’s national officers. Smith was not present. The demonstration ' came when John Weir, of Los Angeles, Cal., the convention chairman, asked the dele gates their reaction to Smith’s an nounced plan. Threats of an “in surgent” convention, “possibly with in a month,” stirred the heat-harass ed delegates. Baxter G. Rankine, convention manager, said the Covington, Ky., club, of which Smith is president, had its charter suspended because of “protests of its own members over , local administration of its activities.” I
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